Kid thought he was doing me a favor when he used an old steel (leaking) gas can to bring it from empty to a quarter of a tank after he used the car.
It starts and runs but immediately triggers a cylinder shutdown which I can erase on the fly with an obdii tester on my lap but it happens every few minutes where the cylinder shuts down.
Car has a cat (which is why the cylinder shuts down) but the car is a $400 beater so it's not worth taking to a mechanic.
Hence my question is whether I just burn off the rest of the gas or if there's a way to siphon it out. I tried putting a hose down the tank but there is some kind of check valve that stops it cold.
How would you handle it on your own given it's not worth a trip to the mechanic?
Is there a substance (alcohol or acetone?) which "dries" the gasoline?
On 2/12/2023 10:29 AM, mike wrote:
Kid thought he was doing me a favor when he used an old steel (leaking) gas >> can to bring it from empty to a quarter of a tank after he used the car.
It starts and runs but immediately triggers a cylinder shutdown which I can >> erase on the fly with an obdii tester on my lap but it happens every few
minutes where the cylinder shuts down.
Car has a cat (which is why the cylinder shuts down) but the car is a $400 >> beater so it's not worth taking to a mechanic.
Hence my question is whether I just burn off the rest of the gas or if
there's a way to siphon it out. I tried putting a hose down the tank but
there is some kind of check valve that stops it cold.
How would you handle it on your own given it's not worth a trip to the
mechanic?
Is there a substance (alcohol or acetone?) which "dries" the gasoline?
https://www.amazon.com/dry-gas-car/s?k=dry+gas+for+car
Kid thought he was doing me a favor when he used an old steel (leaking)
gas
can to bring it from empty to a quarter of a tank after he used the car.
It starts and runs but immediately triggers a cylinder shutdown which I
can
erase on the fly with an obdii tester on my lap but it happens every few minutes where the cylinder shuts down.
Car has a cat (which is why the cylinder shuts down) but the car is a
$400
beater so it's not worth taking to a mechanic.
Hence my question is whether I just burn off the rest of the gas or if there's a way to siphon it out. I tried putting a hose down the tank but there is some kind of check valve that stops it cold.
How would you handle it on your own given it's not worth a trip to the mechanic?
Is there a substance (alcohol or acetone?) which "dries" the gasoline?
Hence my question is whether I just burn off the rest of the gas or if there's a way to siphon it out. I tried putting a hose down the tank but there is some kind of check valve that stops it cold.
On 2/12/23 12:29, mike wrote:
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Hence my question is whether I just burn off the rest of the gas or if
there's a way to siphon it out. I tried putting a hose down the tank but
there is some kind of check valve that stops it cold.
ANOTHER victim of crime prevention. They ASSUME someone doing that is stealing gas.
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